Jaundice in Hodgkin's disease

Laparoscopy in Hodgkin’s Disease

“…Our ob servation is in agreement with that of Levitan et al [13] and we think that the routine application of laparoscopy is justified in the group of clinical tests commonly used for the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease and the assessment of its stages of evolution.…”

“…Forms of Hodgkin's disease with early deep mediastinal [1,4,8,13] or subdiaphragmatic localization are well known [5]. The onset of the disease by involvement of the intestinal lymph glands is also not excep tional [3,9,15,18].…”

Hodgkin lymphoma-related vanishing bile duct syndrome and idiopathic cholestasis: Statistical analysis of all published cases and literature review

“…Indeed, jaundice has been reported to be a symptom during the course of the disease in 3 Á 13% of patients [6,7]. Hepatic dysfunction most often occurs as a result of intrahepatic involvement of HL (61%) [7], but also may be the result of extrahepatic bile duct obstruction, hemolysis, infectious hepatitis, or a toxic reaction to treatment such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.…”

Resolution of paraneoplastic bile duct paucity following successful treatment of Hodgkin's disease

“…1 The criteria for this diagnosis included: an absence of interlobular bile ducts in at least 50% of small portal tracts, an onset in adulthood, an associated biochemical cho- 4,5 In a minority of patients, diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. no recognizable cause can be identified, and the term ''idioThis article describes for the first time the coexistence of pathic Hodgkin's Disease-associated cholestasis'' is used.…”